This is my 500th post. Recently Mr. Sandwich wrote something that started out as a message to me, but we both agreed that by the time he was done, it...
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It’s Not Rat Poison*
I had such big plans. I was going to nurse. There would be no sugar water or formula in the hospital. I would breastfeed throughout my maternity leave and pump...
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The Liebster Award, or a Linky Post
Thanks to Off Duty Mom for giving me the Liebster Award! In the spirit of sharing the love, and sharing the links, here are some blogs I’ve been enjoying lately:...
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Adventures in Scrapbooking
Meagan Francis’s post “Confessions of a scrapbooking dropout” on Babble.com got me thinking about my own love-hate relationship with the activity. And to start with, “hate” applies to the mental...
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5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
11 Tips for Surviving Air Travel with Kids on Frugal Mama We’re just holding off, because we don’t want to be that family that gets thrown off the plane when...
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Public Displays of Affection
Baguette doesn’t always want to kiss us. But when she does, she’s very egalitarian. I’ll say, “Can Mommy have a kiss?” And sometimes she ignores me. But sometimes she says,...
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Baby Names
Mr. Sandwich and I started talking about baby names pretty early in the pregnancy, just a few weeks after we found out that we were expecting a girl (which was...
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A Day at the Beach
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Work-Life Balance
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Traditions: Mother’s Day
Baguette was born in April, so my first Mother’s Day was, like every other day, filled with New Mommy Exhaustion. But Mr. Sandwich wanted to make it special for me,...